India Political Highlights | Rajasthan BJP holds meeting to strategise for upcoming bypolls

Slamming the Congress government’s handling of state finances, the Union Ministers, BJP and JD(S) MPs from Karnataka have alleged that the state’s fiscal situation has been deteriorating due to mismanagement.

In a joint memorandum submitted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, these leaders said that the citizens of the state have been grappling with the adverse effects of high inflation and escalating prices in the past year, because of the missteps by the state government. Click here to read the full report.

Days after the Maharashtra government tabled Economic Survey 2023-24 and Budget 2024-25, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) demanded a white paper on the financial condition of the state.

“The people of Maharashtra deserve clarity and assurance regarding the state's financial health and future,” NCP (SP) chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said in a letter to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the Finance and Planning portfolios. Click here to read the development.

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(L to R) Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised to extend all possible help to Karnataka and asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to submit a comprehensive proposal for the development of Bengaluru.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. 

In his first meeting with Modi since the BJP-led NDA returned to power at the Centre, Siddaramaiah, in a memorandum, sought funds to implement a tunnel project in Bengaluru to ease traffic congestion, extension of metro rail corridors and a peripheral ring road to decongest the IT hub where infrastructure is under severe strain.

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Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) condemns President Droupadi Murmu's speech in the Joint Session of the Parliament saying there was no mention of Manipur crisis. (PTI)

Parliament is set to witness heated debates on a range of issues like the NEET paper leak row, the Agnipath initiative and inflation when both houses reconvene on Monday.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi speaks in the Lok Sabha during ongoing Parliament session, in New Delhi, Friday.

Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc members forced adjournment in the Lok Sabha on Friday, when the House was to take up the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, demanding a dedicated discussion on the NEET issue.

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On an alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that no one has the right to exercise violence against women.

"Attacks on women, irrespective of their caste, are unacceptable... Elections have been held, results have been declared, and the ruling party has won the maximum seats in the state, so why is the government resorting to violence in the state?," he told ANI.

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Rajasthan BJP holds meeting to strategise for upcoming bypolls

he Rajasthan BJP on Sunday held a meeting here to chalk out a strategy for the upcoming bypolls to five assembly constituencies in the state.

BJP state unit chief C P Joshi, state co-in-charge Vijaya Rahatkar, and those in charge of the five constituencies among other leaders and MLAs were present in the meeting.

The seats -- Jhunjhunu, Dausa, Deoli-Uniyara, Khinvsar, and Chaurasi -- fell vacant after the sitting MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha in the recently held general elections.

Source: PTI